PG&E’s Operations and Meteorology teams are monitoring a strong wind event forecasted to bring elevated wildfire risk to the Sierra, Southern Central Coast and portions of the North and East Bay. Offshore Diablo winds are expected to peak Thursday across Northern and Central Sierra, including portions of the North and East Bay. Mono winds are projected to be strongest on Friday in the Southern Sierra, with Santa Ana winds expanding into Southern Los Padres and across the Tehachapi Mountains on Friday. The strongest winds are expected in the South, with very low relative humidity and dry vegetation across most affected areas. Strong winds, combined with low humidity and dry vegetation, are creating elevated fire danger across the affected areas.
At approximately 1730 on Wednesday, we began de-energizing customers in portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, Lassen and Shasta counties and will continue through early morning, Thursday, October 15. A second wave of de-energizations, focused on Central Coast and Southern portions of our service Area, will start Friday morning.
As of 6 a.m. Thursday, customers who have had their power shut off for safety, by county:
ALAMEDA 88
ALPINE 68
AMADOR 4776
BUTTE 3675
CALAVERAS 10281
CONTRA COSTA 1358
EL DORADO 8529
LAKE 4115
LASSEN 107
MARIPOSA 311
MENDOCINO 444
NAPA 3158
NEVADA 1608
PLACER 4255
PLUMAS 610
SAN LUIS OBISPO 2209
SANTA BARBARA 25
SHASTA 1484
SIERRA 1109
SOLANO 51
SONOMA 2169
TEHAMA 905
TUOLUMNE 8182
YOLO 7
YUBA 668
Grand Total 60196
This is the sixth PSPS event of 2026 and the largest event since 2020. Customers can enter their address online to see whether their location is being monitored for a potential safety shutoff at www.pge.com/pspsupdates. PG&E is planning to set up over 40 Customer Resource Center (CRC) locations across our service area to support customers before and through this weather event. For the latest information on Community Resource Center availability, visit www.pge.com/crc.
